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Get in the mood for Halloween with these cozy mystery and romance fiction reads for Adults.
Updated October 16, 2023
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Halloween murder
Meier, Leslie
Paper Book
For Lucy Stone, Halloween in Tinker's Cove, Maine, the treats aren't just sweet and delicious. Sometimes they're also deadly . . . Trick or Treat Murder While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes for her town's annual Halloween festival, an...
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A ghost in shining armor
Beharrie, Therese
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In this spellbinding romantic comedy from acclaimed author Therese Beharrie, a woman with a supernatural talent is haunted by one persistent spirit--and a seductive, impossible love ... BookBub Best Romances of the Second Half of 2022 ...
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Not your ex's hexes
Asher, April
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In April Asher's next Supernatural Singles novel, Not Your Ex's Hexes, a one-night-stand between a willful witch and a broody half-demon conjures an adventure that wouldn't be complete without several magical mishaps. For her entire life, Rose Maxwell trained to become...
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Halloween cupcake murder
O'Connor, Carlene
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From Galway, Ireland to Salem, Massachusetts, all the way up to the North Pole, a trio of Halloween mysteries from USA Today bestselling author Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, and Carol J. Perry prove that the spookiest season knows no international borders-and neither do cupcakes!
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Back in a spell
Harper, Lana
Paper Book
An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback's a Witch. Even though she won't deny her love for pretty (and...
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Halloween party murder
Meier, Leslie
Paper Book
Small town traditions are celebrated throughout Maine during the holiday season. But when it comes to Halloween, some people are more than willing to reap a harvest of murder... HALLOWEEN PARTY MURDER by LESLIE MEIER Tinker's Cove newest residents Ty and...
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A catered costume party : a mystery with recipes
Crawford, Isis
Paper Book
When sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons agree to cater an extravagant Halloween party in their little upstate New York town of Longely, they figured a ghost or two and a blood curdling scream might be part of the menu, but they never expected to be haunted by the deadly specter of murder . . ....
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The ex hex
Sterling, Erin
Paper Book
THE TIKTOK SENSATION! The Ex Hex is a spellbinding rom-com with a twist, think Practical Magic in Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow . . . 'A spooky romantic comedy treat that had me sighing at one page,...
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Witchful thinking
Martin, Celestine
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Love is the trickiest spell of all. Lucinda Caraway loves living in Freya Grove, the mystic seaside town where charms, hexes, and magical beings of all kinds are the norm. She spends her days teaching high school history and her nights reading tea leaves...
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Wicked witch murder a Lucy Stone mystery
Meier, Leslie.
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The bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
Kauffman, Donna
Paper Book
Every autumn, Moonbright, Maine, is the picture of charm with its piles of crisp leaves, flickering jack-o'-lanterns . . . and a touch of the sweetest kind of enchantment.
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A catered Halloween
Crawford, Isis.
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With the promise of a hefty commission and some valuable word-of-mouth for their catering business, A Little Taste of Heaven, sisters Bernadette and Libby Simmons agree to cater the charity haunted house being staged at the old Peabody School. But when wealthy socialite Amethyst Applegate is found...
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Death of a neighborhood witch
Levine, Laura
Paper Book
Halloween is just around the corner, and between cauldrons of candy and a deliciously cute new neighbour, Jaine Austen is struggling to resist her sweet tooth. But this year, her once humdrum neighbourhood seems to be handing out more tricks than treats... When her faithful feline Prozac unwittingly...
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Industrial magic
Armstrong, Kelley.
Paper Book
Meet the smart, sexy — supernatural — women of the otherworld. This is not your mother’s coven... Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dime Store Magic. Paige Winterbourne, a headstrong young woman haunted by a dark legacy, is now...
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Lady of bones : a Sarah Booth Delaney mystery
Haines, Carolyn
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It's Halloween season in Mississippi as Sarah Booth and the gang gather to decorate and gush over Tinkie's new baby, Maylin. Sarah Booth is just about to refresh the cocktails when she hears a knock on the door and opens it to find a woman named Frankie, distraught at the disappearance of her...
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Mr. & Mrs. Witch : a novel
Bond, Gwenda
Paper Book
In Mr. & Mrs. Witch, the next novel from bestselling author Gwenda Bond, a couple discovers at the altar the surprising secret identities they've kept from each other. Savannah Wilde is a witch, a very powerful one--an identity that only her fellow witches know....
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The kiss curse
Sterling, Erin
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Always practise safe hex . . . New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, writing as Erin Sterling, follows her sensational TikTok hit, The Ex Hex, and casts a spell with a new spine-tingling romance full of wishes, witches, and cursed...
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Haunted hibiscus
Childs, Laura
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Tea maven Theodosia Browning brews up trouble in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. It is the week before Halloween and Theodosia Browning, proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop, and her tea sommelier, Drayton, are ghosting through...
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In charm's way
Harper, Lana
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A witch struggling to regain what she has lost casts a forbidden spell - only to discover much more than she expected, in this enchanting new rom-com by New York Times bestselling author Lana Harper. Six months after having been hit by a power surge that nearly...
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A witch's guide to fake dating a demon
Hawley, Sarah
Paper Book
MARIEL SPARK KNOWS NOT TO TRUST A DEMON, BUT WHAT'S A WITCH TO DO WHEN SHE'S ACCIDENTALLY BOUND TO ONE? 'Whimsically sexy, charmingly romantic, and magically hilarious!' ALI HAZELWOOD **** Mariel is prophesied to be the most powerful...
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Death of a wicked witch
Hollis, Lee
Paper Book
But when Trudy tragically dies in her truck while catering a Halloween party, suspicion falls on a cranky, competitive caterer who'd made veiled threats to Trudy. But the case becomes more complicated when Hayley's husband admits he'd seen someone dressed as a witch hurrying away from the food truck...
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Enchanted to meet you
Cabot, Meg
Paper Book
A witchy rom-com from New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force--but will she be able to protect her heart? It's Magic When You Meet Your Match In her teenage...
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Murder in the corn maze
McKevett, G. A.
Paper Book
It doesn't take cash, just some good old-fashioned creativity, to turn a pillowcase into a ghost costume or a trashcan into a suit of armor. So even if she has to stick to a budget, Stella Reid always makes holidays like Halloween memorable for twelve-year-old Savannah and the rest of her...
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The spook in the stacks
Gates, Eva
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Halloween in North Carolina's Outer Banks becomes seriously tricky when librarian Lucy Richardson stumbles across something extra unusual in the rare books section: a dead body. Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive collection of North Carolina...
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What the hex
Clare, Jessica
Paper Book
One of Amazon's Best Romances of April! Enemies-to-lovers has never been more enchanting in this witchy romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling author of Go Hex Yourself. Penny Roundtree wants nothing more than to be a familiar to a witch....
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The witches of Moonshyne Manor
Marais, Bianca
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A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist gone wrong. A looming threat. Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor. All eyes turn to the witch in charge, Queenie, who confesses they've fallen far behind on their mortgage...
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A letter to three witches
Bass, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Bewitched meets Practical Magic in this sparkling and quirky rom-com with an enchanted twist. When romance problems cause their powers to go berserk, a trio of witches whose family was banned from practicing magic risk getting in serious trouble with the Grand Council. Can they get...
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Not the witch you wed
Asher, April
Paper Book
A fake relationship between a magic-less witch and a wolf shifter turns to more in the start of a bewitching new paranormal rom-com series. Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne--the man who broke her fragile, teenage heart....
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Twelve months and a day
Young, Louisa
Paper Book
People die. Love doesn't. 'A bitter-sweet pang in my heart' Monique Roffey 'A beautiful book. Insanely romantic and utterly convincing' Julie Myerson 'A wonderful and inventive novel, sorrowful and hopeful in equal...
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The very secret society of irregular witches
Mandanna, Sangu
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Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, and is used to keeping her head down with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos 'pretending' to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and...
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